The first historic international flight from Haa Dhaal Atoll Hanimaadhoo airport in Maldives will be to Thiruvananthapuram on February 2. This was informed by the Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim, Govt.of Maldives who temporarily heads the transport ministry at a press conference on January 20th,2012. He also stated that the first flights to operate between Hanimaadhoo and Thiruvananthapuram would be Dash flights with 50 seats from Maldivian. Providing visas to the passenger staking this route is to be carried out in two phases. In the first phase, Island Aviation and the Indian High Commission have come to an agreement whereby the visa is available along with the ticket, and in the second phase the High Commission will visit Hanimaadhoo on scheduled dates to issues visas.